Silas van patten



(No Model.)

S. VAN PATTEN.

GRAPPLING HOOK FOR BARRELS, &c.

Patented Jan. 2, 1883 mm D T m ATTORNEYS.

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I UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SILAS VAN PATTEN, OF DUANESBURG, NEW YORK.

'"GRAP-PLlNG-HOOK srnorrroa'rroiv forming part of Letters FOR BARRELS,at

Patent No.. 270,158, dated January 2, 1883.

Application filed September 30, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, Stats VAN PATTEN, of

'Duaneshurg, in the county of Schenectady of my improvement,illustrating its use.

' a sectional elevation ofa part of the same,

showing a modification.- Fig. 4 is a-side view of the improvement, shownas arranged for use as an ordinary grappling-hook.

The object of this invention is to facilitate the handling of barrelsand other packages in raising them to or lowering them from a wagon orother elevation.

The invention consists in grappling-hooks constructed with two hookshaving reversed hooks pivoted to them, the shanks ot' the said .reversedhooks being secured to each other adjustably.

The reversed hooks are made with pivotalarms, and their overlappingshanks are secured to each other. adjustably by a headed pin and aclamping-bolt. and nut, so

that open barrels can be readily and safelyraised and lowered. Thegrappling'hooks are kept in place upon the end of the barrel by springsattached to the reversed hooks andresting against stops upon the otherhooks, as

' will be hereinafter fully described.

A A are two books, the ends of the shanks of which are connected, bylinks B, rings, or other suitable means, with each other and with thehoisting rope or chain 0.

To the middle parts of the hooks A A are pivoted the ends of the arms DD, formed upon the reversed hooks E E. The shanks of the hooks E Eoverlap each other, and to one of the said shanks is attached a headedpin, F, which passes through a slot, G, in the I formed in it, andextending from a point near the pin F nearly to the end of the saidshank.

In the end of the shank of the hook E, carrying the pin F, is" formed asquare hole to receive the square body of a bolt, I, which passesthrough the slot G of the shank of the end to clamp the. hooks E Etogether,the pin F and boLt keeping the shanks of the said hooksparallel.

In using the improvement the hooks E E are adjusted with their points atsuch a distance apart as to enter the crow upon the opposite sides of abarrel, and are secured in place by tightening the nut J. Then byraising the shanks of the books A A the points of the said hooks willengage with the end barrel can be raised and lowered safely. To

and becoming disengaged when-the hoistingrope is slack, I attach springsK to the shanks of the hooks E E, to rest against pins L or shownin Fig.1.

It desired, the shank M of one of the hooks E E can be made of tubularform to receive the shank N of the other hook, and the two shankssecured to each other adjustably by a set-screw), or other suitablemeans, as shown in Fig. 3.

When it is desired to handle bales of hay and other packages that do nothave an edge for the pairs of books A E and A E to'engage will], theshanks of the hooks E E can be detached and the said hooks E E turnedordinary grapplinghooks, as shown in 4.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent-'- 1. Grappling-hooks constructed substantiallyas herein shown and described, and consisting of the hooks .A A, havingreversed hooks E E pivoted to them, the shanks of the said reversedhooks being secured to each other adjustably, as set forth.

2.- In grappling-hooks, the combination, with the hooks A A, of thereversed hooks E E, having pivotal arms D and slotted overlapprevent thegrappling-hooks from tipping over other stops attached to the hooks A A,as

back, so that the books A A can be used as book E, and has a nut, J,screwed upon its 4 hoops or outside of the barrel, and the said l ICO,scribed, whereby open barrels can be readily and safely raised andlowered, as set forth.

ping shanks secured to each ether adjustably described, whereby the saidbooks will be kept by a headed pin, F, and a clamping-bolt and in placewhen the hoisting rope or chain is nut, I J, substantially as hereinshown and deslack, as set forth.

SILAS VAN PATTEN.

3. In grappling-hooks,thecombination, with \Vitnesseg; the books A A andE E, of the springs K EMMET'l ONEILL,

and stops L, substantially as herein shown and ETTEN SCHERMERHORN.

